The Problems of the Rhetorical Term

Abstract

This research tries to show the problems of the rhetorical term anciently

and recently from different perspective.

Firstly: the difference in the term and the agreement upon its connotation.

Secondly: agreement in the term and the difference in its connotation.

Thirdly: the inflation of the old rhetorical terminology at the quantitative

level.

Fourthly: the similarity in pronunciation for some of the old terminology.

This research shows the danger of numeration of the same term, without

there being any ideological reason for this numeration. The research also

keeps a balance between the problems of the rhetorical term anciently and

recently and it gives an explanation for the problems in the two periods.

The research demanded that the opinion of the rhetoricians and critics

old and new to be followed in all the problems it is trying to tackle. The

research recommended that, there should be reconsideration for many of

the ancient terminology, and also the creation of a rhetorical dictionary that

should have a full consensus.